Have you been curious to know if changing your domain name IP Address will effect your SEO? I have had the same server for two years but now I am reaching the point where I need to expand and lighten the load on my good old trusty server. I’ll still use the same company because I think they are awesome; however, I am curious to find out some opinions from my readers who might know the answer to this question.
When an established domain name has been on the same IP address for two years, will it have any effect what so ever in how the site ranks in Google if there is an IP address change? I have trolled around a few Forums and did a few Google Blog searches to see if anyone has posted information about this and I haven’t really found an article that reveals too much about this.
Drop me a comment with your thoughts on this topic, or feel free to blast out a few URL’s to some pages that you know of that already touch on this topic. If you do drop a comment with some URL’s keep in mind that your comment may go into moderation. Be assured that I will approve your comment very quickly as I receive an email alert for that.
Again, I want to know whether changing the IP address of your domain name will have any effect on your SEO or rather your Google rankings. Drop me a comment, I’d love to read your opinions on this.
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Date/Time: 5-18-2008 03:19:36 Comment #14335
Hey Garry, I buzz around a few SEO sites and the like.
Found a couple posts for ya…
HR Forum
HR Forum
Matt Cutt’s Blog - Matt Goes Into Detail Quite A Bit
Date/Time: 5-18-2008 03:24:34 Comment #14336
Err, my post didn’t post I don’t think….
Anyways, here are a few links
Matt Cutts Blog - Old post, may still apply though
Bah ok so only one, I’ll try to find more later, it’s late
Date/Time: 5-18-2008 08:56:29 Comment #14340
Other than maintaining the web site at two locations pending the completion of DNS propagation, there is a factor to consider, which I’ll get to in a moment. During the move, you have to keep the old location active but I would suggest turning off comments with a note in the comments section next to the form. Propagation can take up to a week, regardless of what you’ve been told. Propagation is fast in most places, but can take much longer in “third-world locations”. 4-5 days is not unusual here in the Philippines.
Before you accept an IP address, check the many blocking lists. If your IP address, or range of IP addresses, is on any one of them it can definitely affect SEO and in the worst possible way, especially from the tech-savvy people. I found out, the hard way, that many of the IP address ranges here in the Philippines are on blocking lists. During a brief period where I used a web host here, my traffic dwindled to a trickle. Some of the other readers might laugh because you’re dealing with the U.S., but there are a LOT of blocked IP addresses in the U.S.
Date/Time: 5-18-2008 11:44:41 Comment #14343
Garry;
If you are just trying to upgrade to more horsepower, you should be able to migrate to a new dedicated server and have your provider move the IP to that new machine in most cases. (Or is there a reason that does not work for you in this case)?
Mark
Date/Time: 5-19-2008 01:37:29 Comment #14359
My blog (JackBook.Com) was hosted on a free blogspot / blogger services last year. then some months ago I moved it to my own web hosting. Everyting run fine. I didn’t do anything tricky or something.
I guess it affects nothing. Haven’t read that mattcutt’s article before, but basically i did the same way as he wrote.
I think Google save the domain name not the IP Address on their database.
Date/Time: 5-19-2008 10:49:29 Comment #14365
As long as the ip is not blocked and the ip is not hosting spammy sites, there will be no SEO problems with the ip move. I have done it myself several times.
Date/Time: 5-20-2008 22:51:29 Comment #14381
Nope
I’ve switched sites around different cpanels on my server several times. Some of these sites hold some competitive rankings.
Of the many times I’ve moved sites from IP to IP I’ve never seen a drastic increase or decrease in SE rankings.